Sunday Stealing 12/20

Sunday Stealing: Lola's Holiday Meme

1. What is your favorite holiday show/animated show?

Well I love the movie Elf and Christmas Vacation.  I can't think of an animated one that I like though.

2. What holiday character do you think you're most like?

Um...remember that movie Bad Santa with Billy Bob Thornton?  I'm probably most like that. The female version...

3. What holiday character does your spouse think you're most like?

This one...

His mind is seriously distorted and warped...

4. Favorite Christmas/holiday song?

I like Silver Bells...but I don't know all of the words.

5. Most hated Christmas/holiday song?

I don't know.  I don't pay a whole lot of attention.  I've heard them all, don't have any of them memorized and probably never will. 

6. If you have an all holiday music radio station when do you start listening to it?

Never.  The only time I listen to Christmas music willingly is when I'm baking and I have a few CD's that I like to listen to.  Even then, it's been a few years since I've done that. 

7. If you have an all holiday music radio station do you love it or hate it?

I think I'm going to go with the hate it on this one.  You hear those songs in every tv commercial, in every store or shopping center this time of year.  A radio station that plays it non-stop is just un-necessary. 

8. Have you ever wrapped yourself as a Christmas present?

Nope.  That is just redonkulous.  And I'm fairly certain my husband would think so too. 

9. Who is Rudolf The Red Nosed Reindeer's father?

According to the movie...his father was Donner.

But if you wanna get really technical (you do, don't you?)... All male reindeer lose their antlers in the winter months.  So according to nature all of the reindeer, including old Rudy Red Nose were female.  That or they were castrated male reindeer.

Yes, I just killed wholesome family holiday entertainment.

Um...moving on.  I've spent entirely too much time Googling about reindeer.  (thank you Snopes and About.com: Urban Legends)

10. Do you drive your neighborhood or one near you at night to look at other people's holiday decorations?

Once in a while I may take a slight detour if I can see lights/decorations from the street.  But it's for my kids enjoyment, not mine.  I'd rather go home. 

11. When you see a heavily decorated house do you think, 'oh that's lovely'? Or do you think, 'oh criminy, that looks like Christmas threw up all over their lawn'?

First off...I don't think I've EVER used the word 'criminy' in my life.  But I'm gonna go with the Christmas threw up all over their house/lawn on this one.

Example: 

While trying to find a picture I found these two sites:

http://www.uglychristmaslights.com/

http://ugly-christmas-decorations.com/

12. Are you counting the days to Christmas with excited anticipation or dread?

I think I'm more on the dread spectrum.  I have to work on Christmas day.

13. When was the last time you had your photo taken with Santa? Did you sit on his lap?

I don't recall ever having my picture taken with Santa.  Mom?

14. Do you make a Christmas list for your spouse or significant other or do you rely on them to pick your gift(s) without a clue from you?

I don't expect anything from my spouse for Christmas.  If he does get me something (which he usually...er always) does.  But if he didn't get me anything I wouldn't care...unless he put the money for my Christmas present in a stripper's g-string.  Then I would care.  Not because he's watching strippers...because he's giving our money to them.  Nonsense, I say!

15. When do you put up your tree?

I usually put it up the day after Thanksgiving.  This year it was a week or so after.  I was sick of it within 10 minutes.  I can't wait to take it down. 

16. Real or fake?

That's a bit of a personal question isn't it?

Oooooh...you meant my Christmas tree.  It's fake.  I don't want to deal with the hassle of a real one.

17. When do you take your tree down?

Last year it was the day after Christmas.  Sometimes I'll leave it up until New Year's.  This year as soon as the presents are opened that fucker is going back in the crawl space under the house. 

18. Do you shop the day after Christmas sales? What do you shop for?

No.  I'll pay full price for things in order to avoid chaos.

19. Is your work/office having a holiday party this year? Will you attend?

Yes.  But the only reason I'm attending is because the only office party we're having is on Christmas Eve and everyone in our department has to work that day (mandatory).  So given the choice, I'd not attend...but since I have to...and I'm getting paid to, then yeah, I'll be there. 

20. Do you have your New Year's Eve Plans set yet?

Um yeah...it's called working until 830 PM.  I've been invited to a couple parties.  But doubt we'll be attending because some person has to work on New Year's Day too.  Gee...wonder who that could be. *ponders*